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• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  ) Formality and traditions At MIT, you’re likely to see people taking exams in ... , which was closed earlier in the day due to a bomb threat! That ... joint Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program to get an MD

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  your parents, and perhaps grandparents, went to a particular college ... A few students pointed me towards this piece in the Wall Street ... your alumni happy by admitting their kids, they might be more likely to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  's hard to overhear more than a phrase or two when you're just going about ... protein to get my first strict pull-up, so we split a ticket for sampling 10 ... even later. I rushed to a classroom in Building 4 to staff office hours

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  time gone??? I feel like just yesterday I was in your shoes, nervously ... a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had ... posts, which only made me more nervous and sure that I would never get in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  . I unfortunately lost a handful of aura points in the past several days ... circadian rhythm out of whack. A few months ago, I was easily putting in ... ] Showing my age I used the slang word "slay" in a conversation the other day

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  's what's been going on in my life. Yesterday in 6.002, somebody brought a rabbit to class. A rabbit. She brought a rabbit to a lecture about Thevenin ... '08 drew attention to the fact that it was, in fact, moving, smelling

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... time for BATMAN! I was supposed to get there at 10 but was about five ... going to be a good night. At ten, Javi '08, Jordan '11, Dan '11, and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  would win in a fight: James Bond or Wolverine? "I'm sitting in lab right ... . This is the best recipe for soup I have ever tasted in my short life ... to the onion mixture. And then I served it with a little sour cream on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  a double major anymore. Why did I ever decide to double in the first ... it to last a second in a department where everyone seems to be premed ... in August or so: I hate physical chemstry. I also don't want to be a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  easy thing to do in the two weeks between finals and graduation, take a ... shopping on Newbury Street See a Red Sox game in Fenway Go to Faneuil Hall ... cake at Downtown Crossing, before driving back to campus in time for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  to internships in that you meet people in a field you might be ... alums happy to talk about what they majored in, where they lived, and what ... with the Alumni Association to create externship listings that might be a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  sad and need to get inspired in your life. the ramen is not the point of ... curry and donkatsu fills your nose and you smile. are you going to get ... , waiting for my turn to sit. if you’re going for the first time, get the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  Summer is a great time to visit colleges in Boston. There are more ... Reception Center (Room 10-100) to get a campus map, the brochure "The ... also suggest some good places to get lunch or dinner on campus or in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  What is the particle in a box model? How to make ice cream at home ... parasites which could live in your eye Commensalism and you How to avoid being ... before. A few weeks ago, I agreed to teach a class with my friend Davie '12

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  , to me, existed as a series of songs someone had compiled in a You ... , requires a commitment to fantasy. Yes, in this world everyone else knows the ... your mouth you’re able to tap into a beautiful, fulfilling connection, to

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YoYoPhones The iPod has nothing on this.

  

  Chun To: Us Subject: Your Mission v2.008 Your mission should you choose ... message will self-destruct in a minute. Bye! So that was it and then we were set on our way to make some yo-yos. We could have made a simple yo

  • by Bryan
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  helping out from 6:00 to 11:00, with maybe a half-hour break in between to ... happened to leave a message on your machines or with your parents, feel free to comment below. ;-) All in all, about 60 students - a record turnout

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass ... magnetism are actually kind of the same thing, I started to get a little ... for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  with MIT ID? Music practice rooms -- serenade your special someone in a ... about on your first date Toscanini's -- because I have a free ice cream coupon that I need to use soon Out in Boston Bank of America Pavillion

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  , so who knows why.) There was a lot of “ooh, that place is hard to get ... in particular was, “Sweetie, you’re going to be so disappointed when ... even would say “it’s because you’re so Asian!” in response to finding out

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017